Everwild

I read Everwild. Everwild is the sequel to Everlost, a book I read a long time ago. However, with nothing to do, I just decided to read this. First, here is some introduction: Everlost is a place located in the living world where spirits go who didn't make it to the "light." In Everlost, the spirits, or afterlights, can see people in the living world but people in the living world can't see them. In Everwild, war has been waged on Everlost by Mary Hightower. She wants to cage the kids in Everlost forever, but Nick won't allow it; he wants to help kids get to the light. The book is marvelously constructed as the first part of the book revolves around the kids' success. Nick successfully persuades the Ripper, someone who can take objects from the real world into Everlost for use of afterlights, and as a result conjures up a stockpile of weapons. In addition, he successfully musters up an army of fierce African warriors, except trained with guns. As a result, these warriors are endowed with both heart and strength. Meanwhile Allie befriends skinjackers like herself and falls in love with Milos, the leader of the skinjacker gang. But the second part shifts in quality; the battle between Mary and Nick occurs, with Mary leading an army of 800 people while Nick only possesses an army of 400 people. They brutally slaughered (afterlights can't die, but they can be wounded) and thrown down a hole into the center of the world where they will live forever.
I loved this book for many reasons. I relished the sense of irony. When it zoomed in on Nick while he was mustering up an army, it seemed as if Nick would win because he had weapons and he had soldiers. However, in the battle, he was destroyed by Mary's soldiers. As it was sad and depressing, the sense of irony was delicious. Also, it left off at a very suspenseful part, where Milos had imprisoned Allie's soul inside a body of a pig and where Nick had been reduced to what Mary called a 'golem'.
I recommend this book to people who like fantasy books. However, to read this book, you must first read Everlost the first book in the series. This book has a enormously different plot and quality; the quality is lighter as the story is about Nick and Allie discovering the world of Everlost.